Guts Over Fear (Ft. Sia) [Explicit]

Feels like a close, it's coming toFuck am I gonna do?It's too late to start overThis is the only thing I, thing I know

Sometimes I feel like all I ever do isFind different ways to word the same, old songEver since I came alongFrom the day the song called ‘'Hi! My Name Is" droppedStarted thinking my name was faultCause anytime things went wrongI was the one who they would blame it onThe media made me the, uh, equivalent of a modern-day Genghis KhanTried to argue it was only entertainment, dawgGangsta? Naw, courageous ballsHad to change my style, they said I'm way too softAnd I sound like AZ and Nas, out came the clawsAnd the fangs been out since thenBut up until the instant that I've went against itIt was ingrained in me that I wouldn't amount to a shitstain I thoughtNo wonder I had to unlearn everything my brain was taughtDo I really belong in this game? I ponderedI just wanna play my part, should I make waves or not?So back and forth in my brain the tug of war wages onAnd I don't wanna seem ungrateful or disrespect the artform I was raised uponBut sometimes you gotta take a lossAnd have people rub it in your face before you get made pissed offAnd keep pluggin', it's your only outletAnd your only outfit so you know they gonna talk about itBetter find a way to counter it quick and make it, ahFeel like I've already said this a kabillion eighty timesHow many times can I say the same thing different ways that rhyme?What I really wanna say is, if there's anyone else that can relate to my storyBet you feel the same way I felt when I was in the same place you areWhen I was afraid to…

I was a...Afraid to make a single soundAfraid I would never find a way out, out, outAfraid I'd never be foundI didn't wanna go another roundAn angry man's power will shut you upTrip wires fill this house with tip-toe loveRun out of excuses with every wordSo here I am and I will not runGuts over fear, the time is hereGuts over fear, I shall not tearFor all the times I let you push me aroundAnd let you keep me downNow I got, guts over fear, guts over fear

Feels like a close, it's coming toFuck am I gonna do?It's too late to start overThis is the only thing I, thing I know

It's like I was there once, single parentsHate your appearance, did you struggle to find your place in this world?And the pain spawns all the anger onBut it wasn't until I put the pain in songs learned who to aim it onThat I made a spark, started to spit hard as shitLearned how to harness it while the reins were offAnd there was a lot of bizarre shit, but the crazy partWas soon as I stopped saying "I gave a fuck"Haters started to appreciate my artAnd it just breaks my heart to look at all the pain I've causedBut what am I gonna do when the rage is gone?And the lights go out in that trailer park?And the window is closing and there's nowhere else that I can go with flowsAnd I'm frozen cause there's no more emotion for me to pull fromJust a bunch of playful songs that I made for funSo to the break of dawn here I go recycling the same, old songBut I'd rather make "Not Afraid 2" than make another mothafuckin' "We Made You" uhNow I don't wanna seem indulgent when I discuss my lows and my highsMy demise and my uprise, pray to GodI just opened enough eyes later onAnd gave you the supplies and the tools to hopefully use it to make you strongEnough to lift yourself up when you feel like I feltCause I can't explain to y'all how dang exhausted my legs feltJust having to balance my dang selfBut on eggshells I was made to walkBut thank you, ma, ‘cause that gave me theStrength to cause Shady-mania, so many empty that stadiumAt least I made it out of that house and a found a place in this world when the day was doneSo this is for every kid who all's they ever did was dreamt of one day just getting acceptedI represent him or her, anyone similar, you are the reason that I made this songAnd everything you're scared to say don't be afraid to say no moreFrom this day forward, just let them a-holes talkTake it with a grain of salt and eat their fucking faces offThe legend of the angry blonde lives on through you when I'm goneAnd to think I was... gone

I was a...Afraid to make a single soundAfraid I would never find a way out, out, outAfraid I'd never be foundI didn't wanna go another roundAn angry man's power will shut you upTrip wires fill this house with tip-toe loveRun out of excuses with every wordSo here I am and I will not runGuts over fear, the time is hereGuts over fear, I shall not tearFor all the times I let you push me aroundAnd let you keep me downNow I got, guts over fear, guts over fear